Recent content by trislin

I have one really skinny zebra danio. He is acting normal. Swimming normal. He is the bully of the tank and is still bullying the other fish. He's so skinny tho. His head is really big compared to his body. He seems to be eating but I was going to separate him at the next feeding to make sure...

I tried a fishless cycle and never got a reading of more than .25 nitrite after 3 weeks. I gave up and changed the water until it had 0 ppm ammonia let it sit for a couple of days then bought 2 zebra danios. I have had them for a week. Since then I have had no ammonia or nitrite readings. Today...

Hi there, I have a 10 gal. tank with 2 zebras Danios. I bought them Friday night. I test the water daily with the API Master Kit and it's not showing any ammonia, nitriate, or nitrates at all. How long before I start seeing ammonia? Thanks

Hi I'm doing a fishless cycle but am concerned with the water Ph. I'm going to get platies but my tank ph is 8.2. My tap water however is 7.4 which is fine for platies. Why is my tank reading higher? Right now I have one fake plant, one small log decoration and some petco brand gravel. I'm...